Celebrity Birthdays for Oct. 10:
Actor Peter Coyote is 83.
Actor Charles Dance ("Game of Thrones") is 78.
Actor-dancer Ben Vereen is 78.
Singer Cyril Neville of The Neville Brothers is 76.
Author Nora Roberts (aka "J.D. Robb") is 74.
Singer-guitarist Midge Ure is 71.
Singer David Lee Roth (Van Halen) is 70.
Country singer Tanya Tucker is 66.
Actress Julia Sweeney ("Saturday Night Live") is 65.
Actor Bradley Whitford ("The West Wing") is 65.
Bassist Martin Kemp (Spandau Ballet) is 63.
Drummer Mike Malinin of the Goo Goo Dolls is 57.
Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre is 55.
Actor/TV host Mario Lopez ("The X Factor," ''Saved By The Bell") is 51.
Race driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. is 50.
Norwegian musician Ihsahn (born Vegard Sverre Tveitan) is 49.
Actor Dan Stevens ("Downton Abbey") is 42.
Rock singer Lzzy Hale ("Halestorm") is 41.
MLB All-Star shortstop Troy Tulowitzki is 40.
Singer Marina Diamandis of Marina and the Diamonds is 39.
MLB All-Star outfielder Andrew McCutchen is 38.
Actress Lucy Griffiths is 38.
Actress Rose McIver is 36.
Actress Aimee Teegarden (Friday Night Lights) is 35.
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Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1813, Italian composer Guiseppe Verdi. (Jan. 27, 1901)
In 1863, French Canadian strongman Louis Cyr. (Nov. 10, 1912)
In 1900, actress Helen Hayes. (March 17, 1993)
In 1908, Academy Award-winning composer Johnny Green. (May 15, 1989)
In 1914, blues singer and pianist Ivory Joe Hunter. (Nov. 8, 1974)
In 1917, jazz pianist Thelonious Monk. (Feb. 17, 1982)
In 1919, Quebec country singer Roland Lebrun. (Jan. 2, 1980)
In 1923, singer Lou Gottlieb (The Limeliters). (July 11, 1996)
In 1923, acclaimed Toronto writer and editor Kildare Dobbs. (April 1, 2013)
In 1924, author James Clavell. (Sept. 7, 1994)
In 1924, film director Ed Wood. (Dec. 10, 1978)
In 1930, playwright Harold Pinter. (Dec. 24, 2008)
In 1945, Alan Cartwright, bass guitarist with Procul Harum. (Mar. 4, 2021)
In 1946, singer John Prine. (Apr. 7, 2020)
In 1959, singer Kirsty MacColl. (Dec. 18, 2000)
In 1965, actor Chris Penn. (Jan. 24, 2006)
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